National Register of Historic Places

Ashantilly

Darien, McIntosh County, Georgia
Listed
August 24, 2015
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
15000103

About this property

Ashantilly is a historic house built by Thomas Spalding north of Darien, Georgia. The house is made out of tabby and is also called Old Tabby. The house was named after Ashintully Castle, an ancestral home in Perthshire, Scotland. The construction probably took two or three years and was finished by 1820. Spalding was a businessman in Darien and inherited property from his mother, Margery McIntosh. He was the owner of the Sapelo Island Plantation. The Wilcox family bought Ashantilly in 1870 and they made several changes to the house, removing classical columns and marble flagging. The Haynes family moved to the house in 1918. In 1937 the house was gutted by a fire. Restoration of the house started in 1939, using period pieces salvaged in Savannah and Charleston. William Greaner Haynes, Jr. (1908–2001), in 1954, started a private press, the Ashantilly Press, and a building for printing was built on the property. The family donated the property to the Ashantilly Center (a non-profit organization) in 1993. Ashantilly was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 25, 2015.

Location

15591 GA 99
Darien, McIntosh County, Georgia

Categories

ARTCOMMUNICATIONS
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Ashantilly listed on the National Register?

Ashantilly was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 24, 2015.

What type of historic resource is Ashantilly?

Ashantilly is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Ashantilly?

The period of significance for Ashantilly is recorded as the industrial era.

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